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Oxford AQA - Physics - 9630

  • Overview
  • Chapters

Physics 9630 is an advanced level course. The content provides an excellent grounding for further study. This specification contains a broad range of topics that are designed to engage students whilst providing the knowledge and understanding required for progression to Level 3 qualifications.

  • 1: MEASUREMENTS AND THEIR ERRORS
    1.1: USE OF SI UNITS AND THEIR PREFIXES
    1.1.1: Fundamental (base) units
    1.2: LIMITATION OF PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
    1.2.1: Identification and suggestions for removal of random and systematic errors
    1.3: ESTIMATION OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
    1.3.1: Approximate values of physical quantities
  • 2: MECHANICS AND MATERIALS
    2.1: SCALARS AND VECTORS
    2.1.1: Nature of scalars and vectors
    2.2: MOMENTS
    2.2.1: Moment of a force about a point
    2.3: MOTION ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE
    2.3.1: Displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration
    2.4: PROJECTILE MOTION
    2.4.1: Independent effect of motion in horizontal and vertical directions
    2.5: NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION
    2.5.1: Knowledge and application of the three laws of motion
    2.6: MOMENTUM
    2.6.1: Conservation of linear momentum
    2.7: WORK, ENERGY AND POWER
    2.7.1: Energy transferred
    2.8: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
    2.8.1: Principle of conservation of energy
    2.9: BULK PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
    2.9.1: Hooke’s law
    2.10: THE YOUNG MODULUS
    2.10.1: Young modulus
  • 3: PARTICLES, RADIATION AND RADIOACTIVITY
    3.1: CONSTITUENTS OF THE ATOM
    3.1.1: Simple model of the atom, including the proton, neutron and electron
    3.2: ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
    3.3: RADIOACTIVITY
    3.3.1: Possible decay modes of unstable nuclei
  • 4: ELECTRICITY
    4.1: BASICS OF ELECTRICITY
    4.1.1: Electric current and potential difference
    4.2: CURRENT–VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS
    4.2.1: Characteristics for an ohmic conductor, semiconductor diode, and filament lamp
    4.3: RESISTIVITY
    4.3.1: RESISTIVITY
    4.4: CIRCUITS
    4.4.1: Resistors
    4.5: POTENTIAL DIVIDER
    4.5.1: The potential divider used to supply constant or variable potential difference
    4.6: ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND INTERNAL RESISTANCE
    4.6.1: Effect of internal resistance on terminal pd
  • 5: OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
    5.1: OSCILLATING SYSTEMS
    5.1.1: Mass-spring system
    5.2: FORCED VIBRATIONS AND RESONANCE
    5.2.1: Qualitative treatment of free and forced vibrations
    5.3: PROGRESSIVE WAVES
    5.3.1: Oscillation of the particles of the medium
    5.4: LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE WAVES
    5.4.1: Nature of longitudinal and transverse waves
    5.5: PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES AND FORMATION OF STATIONARY WAVES
    5.5.1: Stationary waves
    5.6: NTERFERENCE
    5.6.1: Path difference
    5.7: DIFFRACTION
    5.7.1: Appearance of the diffraction pattern
    5.8: REFRACTION AT A PLANE SURFACE
    5.8.1: Refractive index of a substance
    5.9: COLLISIONS OF ELECTRONS WITH ATOMS
    5.9.1: Ionisation and excitation
    5.10: PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
    5.10.1: Photon model of electromagnetic radiation
    5.11: WAVE PARTICLE DUALITY
    5.11.1: Electron diffraction suggests that particles possess wave properties
  • 6: CIRCULAR AND PERIODIC MOTION
    6.1: CIRCULAR MOTION
    6.1.1: Motion in a circle at constant speed
    6.2: SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
    6.2.1: Characteristic features of simple harmonic motion
  • 7: GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS AND SATELLITES
    7.1: NEWTON’S GRAVITATIONAL LAW
    7.1.1: Gravity as a universal attractive force acting between all matter
    7.2: GRAVITATIONAL FIELD STRENGTH
    7.2.1: Concept of a force field
    7.3: GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL
    7.3.1: Gravitational potential including zero potential at infinity
    7.4: ORBITS OF PLANETS AND SATELLITES
    7.4.1: Orbital period and speed related to radius of circular orbit
  • 8: ELECTRIC FIELDS AND CAPACITANCE
    8.1: COULOMB’S LAW
    8.1.1: Force between point charges in a vacuum
    8.2: ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH
    8.2.1: Representation of electric fields by electric field lines
    8.3: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
    8.3.1: Absolute electric potential and electric potential difference
    8.4: CAPACITORS
    8.4.1: Capacitance
  • 9: EXPONENTIAL CHANGE
    9.1: CAPACITOR CHARGE AND DISCHARGE
    9.1.1: Graphical representation of charging and discharging of capacitors
    9.2: EXPONENTIAL CHANGES IN RADIOACTIVITY
    9.2.1: Random nature of radioactive decay
  • 10: MAGNETIC FIELDS
    10.1: MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY
    10.1.1: Force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field
    10.2: MOVING CHARGES IN A MAGNETIC FIELD
    10.2.1: Force on charged particles moving in a magnetic field
    10.3: MAGNETIC FLUX AND FLUX LINKAGE
    10.3.1: Magnetic flux
    10.4: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
    10.4.1: Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws
    10.5: ALTERNATING CURRENTS
    10.5.1: Sinusoidal voltages and currents and currents
    10.6: THE OPERATION OF A TRANSFORMER
    10.6.1: The transformer equation
  • 11: THERMAL PHYSICS
    11.1: ENERGY TRANSFER BY HEATING AND DOING WORK
    11.1.1: Internal energy
    11.2: ENERGY TRANSFER BY CONDUCTION
    11.2.1: Rate of energy transfer by conduction
    11.3: IDEAL GASES
    11.3.1: Gas laws
    11.4: KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
    11.4.1: Brownian motion as evidence for existence of atoms
  • 12: NUCLEAR ENERGY
    12.1: RADIUS OF THE NUCLEUS
    12.1.1: Estimate of radius from closest approach of alpha particles
    12.2: MASS AND ENERGY
    12.2.1: Energy changes
    12.3: INDUCED FISSION
    12.3.1: Fission induced by thermal neutrons
    12.4: SAFETY ASPECTS NUCLEAR REACTORS
    12.4.1: Fuel used, remote handling of fuel, shielding, emergency shut-down
    12.5: NUCLEAR FUSION
    12.5.1: Knowledge of suitable nuclei for use in a fusion reactor
  • 13: ENERGY SOURCES
    13.1: ROTATIONAL MOTION
    13.1.1: Moment of inertia
    13.2: WIND ENERGY
    13.2.1: Maximum power available
    13.3: SOLAR ENERGY
    13.3.1: Intensity of energy from the Sun at the Earth’s surface
    13.4: HYDROELECTRIC POWER AND PUMPED STORAGE
    13.4.1: Components of a hydroelectric power station

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